#FLDIGI FIELD DAY MACROS HOW TO#
#FLDIGI FIELD DAY MACROS PC#

use lower case as much as possible, the protocol works fastest and most accurately for lower case letters.

The following are some tips that I’ve picked up while using FSQ: FLDigi supports similar functionality, the user interface supports very similar features, it is just arranged a bit differently. There are newer versions, however the US Edition remains my preferred version. These screen shots were obtained using the US Edition of the FSQCall appliction.

#FLDIGI FIELD DAY MACROS HOW TO#

Here are the basics of how to use the FSQ Call application. Because FSQ sits neatly in the center (1500) of the waterfall and occupies 400hz, it is easy to use FSQ to coordinate the sending of NBEMS forms in an adjacent slice of the waterfall using FLmsg. It’s designed to be used on a stationary frequency rather than tuning around the band.

#FLDIGI FIELD DAY MACROS PC#

I am able to run 40m during the day and 80m at night on HF and run 2m, 24×7 using the same PC for both rigs. One nice feature of the standalone application is the ability to run multiple instances simultaneously.

FLDigi works fine, early on I noticed that the standalone app had a higher success rate for decoding stations, this may have been addressed by now. For Linux users, I believe this is the only option currently. Send messages to directly to individual stations or all stationsįSQ is a standalone application and is my preferred interface however, FSQ is also integrated into FLDigi.Relay messages to stations in their heard list that may not appear using that station as relay, replies from the other station will automatically be relayed back via the same path.Once a station is on the heard list you have several interaction options with that station. As stations send their ID on a timed increment, each station who hears the ID will add that station to a “heard list”. FSQ is based on MFSK and looks very much like Olivia in the waterfall.įSQ has some interesting advantages over other digital modes, primarily it is a “group oriented” mode meaning that it maintains a real-time contact list (chatroom type interface) as stations are heard in the waterfall. I have used this extensively on 80m NVIS, 40m NVIS and 2m for about a year with rigs running 24 x 7 out of my home in support of a local emcomm mesh. FSQ (Fast Simple QSO) is a chat like, non-macro based, communication tool that allows for more a more natural conversation style.

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